On report that Gronk could miss start of season, Rosenhaus said "that type of speculation is way off. No determinations have been made"

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We’re still a couple of weeks away from getting a definitive answer about whether Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is going to need another surgery on his forearm, but reports from those with access to Patriots workouts bring some good news.

Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston.com reports that sources say Gronkowski “looks great” while working in the team’s offseason program while he waits to find out if an infection will force him to have a fourth operation since initially breaking the forearm last season. There have been no unexpected setbacks, which doesn’t mean Gronkowski will avoid an operation but it is obviously better than if more problems had popped up in the last month.

Gronkowski will see noted spine specialist Robert Watkins in the near future following his surgery on his forearm. That surgery if all goes well will take about 10 weeks for Gronkowski to recover from.

There has been no new diagnose on Gronk's forearm since February. The doctors simply don't know if the infection is completely gone since his six week cycle hasn't finished yet and will know once they put in a new plate.

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Now do you understand why Belichick has added so many tight ends? It's not merely a fascination with the position at all. The health of his starters (Hernandez, Gronkowski) along with his reserves (Ballard, Fells), has been pretty bad. Assuming this news is serious and the condition of Gronk's arm is up in the air, I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Pats drafted Travis Kelce outof Cincinnati in the third or late second even, assuming they acquire more picks.

Rob Gronkouchski needs another operation, won't this be his third on the same arm?

The operation is to remove the metal plate that was put in to brace the break during healing. No one keeps the metal plate in, they are always removed.

This is the gist of the article. -- While informing the media multiple times over the last few weeks that everything was fine, if it really wasn't and the infection was still there when they remove the plate soon they will have to replace that plate with another one and he might not be ready fro the start of the season.